Pacific Mail S. S. Co. v. Schmidt
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for Division No. 1 of the Northern District of California; M. T. Dooling, Judge. Suit in admiralty by-Ed. Schmidt against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Decree for libelant, and respondent appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge.
The appellee shipped as steward, at the wages of $100 a month, on board the steamship City of Sydney, the *514home port of which was New York, under shipping articles of date July 24, 1913, signed on behalf of the respective parties, then “bound from the port of San Francisco to Ancon, Canal Zone, and such other ports and places in any part of the world as the master may direct, and back to the final port of discharge in San Francisco, the United States, for a term of time not exceeding six calendar months.” Among the terms specified in the articles were the following:
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